EntertainmentAuthor is embracing the newJulian Fellowes mines the past but is not constrained by it, writes Stephen Jewell.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentFlash win for Kiwi storytellerChristchurch-based writer Heather McQuillan is the winner of this year's National Flash Fiction Day competition.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMugged writer turns crime into comic bookPaul Dini has turned a tragic night of fear into an instantly-classic graphic novel.23 Jun 09:30 AM
New ZealandBookshop donates 241 books to MaraeThe plight of an 11-year-old girl at Te Puea Marae with a love for reading has prompted a donation of more than 200 books.21 Jun 03:39 AM
EntertainmentBookShots a reading revolutionThey're calling it a revolution in the way we read - and it's not some new piece of technology.17 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Blackbird Sings At DuskElizabeth is a husk of a woman. She feels nothing. Why she continues to live baffles her.17 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentFour new books for foodiesFoodies and home cooks will love these four new reads.17 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Forgetting TimeNoah is a 4-year-old boy who often wakes screaming from nightmares in which he plays with guns and is held underwater until he blacks out.17 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandWatch: NZ’s own comic book heroRichard Fairgray has less than 3 per cent normal vision, sees the world in two dimensions and is legally blind but is New Zealand’s highest-selling comic book writer and artist.Watch17 Jun 04:00 PM
EntertainmentRead the book, saw the movie, went to the play ...Call it a case of life imitating art. Copies of Harper Lee's <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> have become hot property at Auckland libraries.11 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentWounded souls in vanquished landJohn Hart talks to Craig Sisterson about the roller coaster road to publication of his latest thriller.10 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Seelendbinder, James McNeishWhat a phenomenon James McNeish is. Literary fashions, figures and feuds parade past and all the while McNeish is working steadily and skilfully away.10 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: I Am No One, Patrick FlaneryWhen I found myself counting the words in sentences rather than actually absorbing them, I realised it was time to give up on the book.10 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentA quick shot of James PattersonIn book publishing, there is James Patterson - and basically everyone else.07 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandEntry quality thrills book judgesFrom rampaging dinosaurs and Maori myths to Shakespeare and social issues, our best writers for children and young adults tell stories about them all.07 Jun 05:00 PM
World'Her body was drained of blood'A comic book creator and real estate heir has been accused of torturing and murdering his girlfriend in Hollywood.02 Jun 06:24 PM
EntertainmentRoger Shepherd recalls his life with the Flying Nun labelThis year's big important NZ rock book has arrived and it's by the guy who founded Flying Nun. Here, he comes Clean about why and how he wrote it.02 Jun 02:00 AM
OpinionLucy Hone: What Abi Taught Us author on learning how to grieveCOMMENT: Sometimes I can confront my grief - walk right into the physical and emotional pain - but at other times I simply know I'm not up to the task.31 May 02:15 AM
New Zealand'Daily battle to learn to live a life that she's not in'When a driver ran through a stop sign, killing 12-year-old daughter Abi two years ago today, Lucy Hone used research into grief to try to ease the pain.31 May 01:56 AM
LifestyleExamining the culture of binge-drinkingElspeth Muir examines the culture of binge-drinking that she, too, fell into and the deeper issues it may conceal.27 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentHow this author avoids getting stuck in a writing grooveStephen Jewell talks to British author Chris Cleave about bravery, racism and how he avoids getting stuck in a writing groove.27 May 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: This Is Where The World Ends, Amy ZhangZhang's bleakly lyrical first YA novel brought a cascade of admirers and superlatives; now comes this intricate narrative of adolescents in all their vulnerability, idealism and savagery.27 May 05:55 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Napoleon's Willow, Joan Norlev TaylorFrom the sure hand of historian Joan Norlev Taylor comes the tricky manoeuvre of binding fact and fiction into a convincing historical novel.27 May 05:55 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Mandibles, Lionel Shriver"Plots set in the future are about what people fear in the present," says one of Lionel Shriver's characters in her latest novel set in a dystopian America of the near future.27 May 05:55 PM
EntertainmentWhy this X Factor judge wants to write for kidsSimon Cowell is planning to write a children's book along with other entertainment for kids.23 May 10:30 PM
Lifestyle'I have control of when I want to end my life'About two years ago I bought a euthanasia drug online from China.21 May 10:16 PM
EntertainmentThe fragile American dreamWhen it comes to crime fiction, New Jersey-based writer Harlan Coben is Big Business.20 May 09:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Penguin Bloom, Cameron Bloom & Bradley Greive'The odd little bird who saved a family', is already one of my all-time favourites, and I have loaned and read it to various family members who also adored it.20 May 05:00 PM
BusinessThe books Bill Gates thinks you should readGates' 2016 list of reads, complete with an animated video describing his picks.18 May 11:45 PM
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